Aptal oğlumun ne yaptığını biliyor musun? Şimdi bile o üniversiteden mezun olup iş bulmak yerine tüm zamanını pachinko oynayarak geçiriyor.
- You know what my idiot son's doing? Even now he's graduated from university he spends all his time playing pachinko instead of getting a job.
İşe gitmek yerine bütün gün evde kaldım.
- I stayed at home all day instead of going to work.
Onun yerine, erkek kardeşim tutuklandı.
- Instead of him, my brother was arrested.
Onun yerine ablası onlarla gitti.
- Instead of her, her sister went with them.
Eğer ikinci dilinden anadiline çeviri yaparsan, bu durumun tersine tercihen, hata yapma olasılığın daha az olur.
- If you translate from your second language into your own native language, rather than the other way around, you're less likely to make mistakes.
O bina sanırım beş yıl önce dikildi.
- That building was erected five years ago, I think.
Bu anıt on yıl önce dikildi.
- This statue was erected ten years ago.
I'd like a dog rather than a cat.
I'd like to go home early rather than risk the roads later.
Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
- Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
... rather than a formal set of processes for veterans in order ...
... sooner rather than later is immense. ...